GRAAFF-REINET NEWS - On Friday evening, 14 September, Union High School’s first cricket team played against Woodridge in a T20 cricket match at the Botanics Sports Grounds.
Woodridge batted first and scored 107 for 5 in their 20 overs.
Bowling figures: Sinethemba Ndudula 1/10 in 4 overs; Luke McNaughton 1/18 in 4 overs; Matt Harpur 1/20 in 4 overs
Union then replied with 108 for 2 in 18.3 overs, winning the match by 8 wickets thanks to an outstanding 92-run partnership between Matt Harpur and Cowan Swartz.
Batting: Matt Harpur 44 not out; Cowan Swartz 41 not out
On Saturday Union took on Woodridge again in a 50-over match. Woodridge won the toss and sent Union in to bat.
After a nervous start, where two wickets were lost, Matt Harpur and Cowan Swartz knuckled down and put together a well-played 50-run partnership laying what was looking to be the perfect platform.
However, both batsmen were out in short succession and it left Luke McNaughton and Caerwyn Spence to try and rebuild the innings. Thy managed a 40-run partnership. Unfortunately, neither was able to take advantage of their starts and fell to good consistent bowling from Woodridge. Union were bowled out for 159 in 48 overs.
Batting: Luke McNaughton 37; Caerwyn Spence 33; Cowan Swartz 30
Woodridge came in to bat and the Union bowlers struggled to find their line and length. This, coupled with a fair amount of dropped catches, allowed Woodridge to cruise to victory with only 5 wickets down.
Union’s best bowlers: Matt Harpur 3 for 35 in 7 overs and Brett Amsterdam 3 for 70 in 8 overs.
U.15A vs WOODRIDGE
- Woodridge batted first and scored 119 all out.
- Best bowlers: James Pienaar 3 for 20 in 10 overs; Josh Calitz 2 for 23 in 8 overs; Kyle-Luke Du Preez 2/20 in 7 overs.
- Union went in to bat and replied with 117 all out.
- Best batting: Rogan Odendaal 49; Sisipho Arnolds 25
- Union lost the match by 2 runs.
U.15A vs CRADOCK
- Cradock batted first and scored 88 for 3 in 20 overs.
- Kyle-Luke du Preez took 1 wicket for 8 runs in 4 overs, Rogan Odendaal 1 for 11 in 4 overs and Kwande Mhlabeni 1 for 16 in 3 overs.
- Union replied with 93 without loss in the 13th over.
- Kyle-Luke du Preez 56*; Sisipho Arnold's 25*
- Union won by 10 wickets
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